Star-Studded Variety Awards Brunch for Film Fest

It was a stellar day for the elite crowd of Hollywood royalty attending the Variety Creative Impact Awards brunch held at the stylish but quirky Parker Palm Springs. Day three of the Palm Springs International Film Festival was buzzing with luxury cars and limos cued up in front of the

Palm Springs International Film Festival Chairman Harold Matzner expressed satisfaction with his .900 batting average this week when nine out of the 10 honorees he selected for the Jan. 3 Awards Gala received Oscar nominations. But both the Palm Springs International Film Festival and its sister ShortFest scored well

On Saturday night, the Palm Springs International Film Festival held its annual Awards Gala honoring the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Eddie Redmayne, J.K. Simmons, and Rosemunde Pike, among others. It’s a deceptively important event: the first of the new year and the official beginning of awards season. Of

Anna Mastro’s connection to Palm Springs has nothing to do with film, and everything to do with having fun. Now she has earned the chance to combine both with the premiere of her directorial debut,Walter, starring William H. Macy, Virginia Madsen, and Andrew J. West of the Walking Deadfame. Tickets

Russian drama “Leviathan” was named best foreign language film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday. SEE MORE: Awards: The Contenders The fest, which comes to a close on Monday, also awarded Haluk Bilginer, who stars in Turkey’s “Winter Sleep,” and “Mommy” star Anne Dorval as best actor

Russian drama “Leviathan” was named best foreign language film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday. The fest, which comes to a close on Monday, also recognized Haluk Bilginer, who stars in Turkey’s “Winter Sleep,” and “Mommy” star Anne Dorval as best actor and actress in a foreign

The Palm Springs International Film Festival had to create an award for Laura Poitras, bestowing her Friday with the Filmmakers Who Make a Difference Award for “Citizenfour” — a documentary that captures whistleblower Edward Snowden’s NSA surveillance leak unfolding in real time. During a Q&A after her showing at the

The Palm Springs International Film Festival, now underway in sunny Southern California, held its annual awards brunch this morning to honor the best of its extensive, wide-reaching, two-week film lineup of 196 films from 65 countries — including 51 of the record-setting 83 foreign language entries for this year’s Oscars.

The juried award winners were announced for the 26th annualPalm Springs International Film Festival with Sony Pictures Classics Russian titleLeviathan, about a man who battles a local corrupt mayor in a coastal town on the Barents Sea, taking the top Fipresci Prize. The film, which is short listed in the Oscar